Why I Love Christmas More Than Any Other Holiday
When I was a kid, every year we watched A Charlie Brown Christmas . I love A Charlie Brown Christmas , and I always identified with Charlie Brown, which should have been a dead give-away that depression would be a feature of my life in the future. Anyway, A Charlie Brown Christmas is about Charlie Brown trying to find the Christmas spirit. To do this, he tries to put on a Christmas play, which of course goes spectacularly wrong. In frustration, he yells out "isn't there anyone who can tell me what Christmas is all about?" At which point, Linus appears, and recites the Nativity story from the Gospel of Luke (King James version): “And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not; for, behold, I bring you tidings of great j...
